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Eagles on Their Buttons: A Black Infantry Regiment in the Civil War (Volume 1) (Shades of Blue and Gray) by Washington, Versalle F., 1962- is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Eagles on Their Buttons is a fascinating examination of the Fifth Regiment of Infantry, United States Colored Troopsthe Union Army's first black regiment from Ohio. Although the Fifth USCT was one of more than 150 regiments of black troops making up more than 10 percent of the Union Army at the end of the war, it was unique. The majority of USCT regiments were made up of freed men who viewed the army as an escape from slavery and a chance to take up arms against their former masters. The men serving in the 5th USCT, however, were freemen who were raised in a northern state and saw serving in the army both as a way to gain equal rights under the law and as an opportunity to prove their worth as men. Because historians have written little on this subject, many Americans believe that African Americans simply received their freedom with the Emancipation Proclamation. They know nothing about the struggles these courageous people endured to gain their independence. Now, by incorporating personal documents, letters, diaries, and official records, Eagles on Their Buttons sheds important new light on this unfamiliar aspect of the Civil War. Versalle Washington shows what caused the soldiers

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Author

Washington, Versalle F., 1962-

Publisher

Columbia: University of Missouri Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826212344

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities